Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Live in the sunshine. Swim in the sea. Drink the wild air.

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

What you do speaks so loudly I cannot hear what you say.

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

When it is darkest, we can see the stars.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.